Comments on: Saying Goodbye to a Legend

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:23 +0000

I hated to see McCarty go, too, because I feel the same way you do about him: lived and breathed Red Wings. But I don't feel like he was treated shabbily AT ALL. He was given a chance, after the entire league turned its back on him, to re-join the Red Wings. He played in the playoffs, even though it was clear to anyone with eyeballs his game wasn't where it should have been anymore. Sometimes it's time to say goodbye, and after last season was that time.

I would have loved if he stayed in the system somehow, maybe as a mentor to the Griffs - a role he filled well. But, there comes a time...

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:00 +0000

I hated to see McCarty go, too, because I feel the same way you do about him: lived and breathed Red Wings. But I don't feel like he was treated shabbily AT ALL. He was given a chance, after the entire league turned its back on him, to re-join the Red Wings. He played in the playoffs, even though it was clear to anyone with eyeballs his game wasn't where it should have been anymore. Sometimes it's time to say goodbye, and after last season was that time. I would have loved if he stayed in the system somehow, maybe as a mentor to the Griffs – a role he filled well. But, there comes a time…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:34:21 +0000

All this chatter about Chelios is fine, however the guy I hated to see go was McCarty. To me, HE was the RED Wings. Every minute on the ice , he gave 150 %. WINGS management treated him very shabbily at the end.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:34:00 +0000

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:33:44 +0000

He really was something else, wasn't he? It was amazing that a former Norris winner was like a 6/7 in Detroit for a handful of years. Incredible.

If someone ONLY watched hockey for the 1990's decade, they would have had a hell of an argument for Chris Chelios as the best defenseman on the planet.

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:33:00 +0000

He really was something else, wasn't he? It was amazing that a former Norris winner was like a 6/7 in Detroit for a handful of years. Incredible.If someone ONLY watched hockey for the 1990's decade, they would have had a hell of an argument for Chris Chelios as the best defenseman on the planet.

By: Baroque

Baroque — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:48:10 +0000

The other day I was wandering around the internet looking for something else, and came across the hockey-reference.com's entry for Chelios.

He's been around so long, it becomes easy to forget just how incredibly talented and accomplished he was as a young man because it was multiple decades ago.

By: Baroque

Baroque — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:48:00 +0000

The other day I was wandering around the internet looking for something else, and came across the hockey-reference.com's entry for Chelios.He's been around so long, it becomes easy to forget just how incredibly talented and accomplished he was as a young man because it was multiple decades ago.

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:37:57 +0000

I think it's because no one really believes he might be gone yet. I gotta think that some team is going to give him a shot. And by the sound of that article, some teams HAVE, but he turned them down.

Maybe he changes his mind later in the season, or maybe he realizes that his time has come to an end, quiet and classy.

I wish I would have taken a picture, but I was too busy welling up and clapping.

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:37:00 +0000

I think it's because no one really believes he might be gone yet. I gotta think that some team is going to give him a shot. And by the sound of that article, some teams HAVE, but he turned them down.Maybe he changes his mind later in the season, or maybe he realizes that his time has come to an end, quiet and classy.I wish I would have taken a picture, but I was too busy welling up and clapping.